The poltergeist mechanism - Enhancement of scalar-induced gravitational waves with early matter-dominated era -

astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ph, hep-th

Submitted: 2025-11-10

Updated: 2026-10-12

Comments: 44 pages, 19 figures, v2: version accepted for publication in Reviews of Modern Physics

Journal ref: Rev.Mod.Phys. 98 (2026) 4, 045001

DOI: 10.1103/ddx9-p8rm

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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